Cigar-tuck crimper.



No. 690,272. Patented Dec, 3|, l90l. J. HAINES.

CIGAR TUCK GRIMPER.

(Application filed Aug. 21, 1901.)

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NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR- TUCK CRIMPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,272, dated December31, 1901.

Application filed August 21,1901. Serial No. '72 743. (N0 model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN HAINES, a subject of the King of Great Britain,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of. New York, have invented a new and Improved Cigar-Tuck Crimper,of which the following is a full,- clear, and exactdescription.

It has beenthe custom heretofore to manually crimp or tuck the lightingend of cigars of a certain class and workmanship to distinguish themfrom others and to more efiectually bind the parts at the end to belighted.

The intent of thisinvention' is to provide a simple andregularly-operated machine which will more expeditiously, effectively,and uniformly crimp or tuck cigars than can be accomplished byhand-labor and which will also tend to straighten the tucked or crimpedsection of the cigar duringthe crimping or tucking process.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1. is a side elevation of the improved machine. Fig. 2 is avertical central sect-ion through the same.

Arepresents the base of the inachine,which form, although it may begiven other shape, and a series of legs 11, which extend downward fromthe body and are adapted for attachment to any suitable support,together with a collar 12, which is formed at the upper centralportion-of the body. Within the said body a vertical chamber 13 isformed, which chamber is contracted at its lower end, as shown at 14 inFig. 2. This chamber extends through the collar 12 and also through thebody 10, as is also shown in Fig. 2.

In connection with the body or base a funnel 16 is employed, the shank15 of which is loosely passed through the chamber 13 and enters thecontracted portion 14,being adapted when drawn downward to pass downthrough the said contracted portion 14 of the chamber. The funnel 16 ispractically a plunger and is held in the upper position (shown in Fig.2) by a spring 17,which is coiled around the lower portion of the bodyof the funnel and around theupper portion of its shank, the bottom ofthe springhaving bearing upon a ring 18, the upper face whereof is moreor less concaved, as is also shown in Fig. 2. A tucking-cloth 19 is madeto surround the flaring portion of the funnel and the upper portion ofits shank and-likewise the spring 17. The lower end of thistucking-cloth 19 is provided with a hem 20, in which a ring 21 of metalor other non-yielding material is placed, the said ring resting upon theupper face of the collar 12 of the base A, The tncking-clolh 19 ispassed over the top of the funnel and into the flaring portion of thesame down through its shank 15. That portion of the tucking-clothwhichis passed through the shank of the funnel-plunger 16 is carried belowthe lower end of the shank of the funnel and down to a position betweenthe legs of the base A, as is also shown in Fig. 2.

In connection with the base A a two-membered lever-arm B is employed,which leverarm is pivoted at one end upon a pin 23, supported by lugs24, located upon the legs 11 of the base, preferably the rear legs, andthe said lever-arm B extends out beyond the front legs of the base andis provided with a knob 25 or its equivalent.

A box receptacle 26 is attached to the lower face of the lever-arm Badjacent .to its pivotpoint, and this box-receptacle is provided wit 11an opening 27-, through which the lower end of the tucking-cloth 19 ispassed. At the upper portion of the said aperture or opening 27 guidearms orshields 28 are located,extending one toward the rear of the baseand the other in direction of the front, as is shown in Fig. 1, and thelower end of the tucking-cloth 19 is adjustably held in the aperture oropening 27 of the box-receptacle 26 through the medium of a set-screw 29or its equivalent, as is particularly shown in Fig. 2.

A spring 30, secured to one or to both rear legs 11, has bearing at itsfree end against the under face of the box-receptacle 26, the spring 30serving to hold the said box-receptaclein an upper position. Thetucking-cloth 19 is preferably ribbed or is longitudinally roughened inany suitable or approved inanner, and when a cigar has been formed andwhile said cigar is still fresh the end of the cigar to be lighted isintroduced into the funnel-plunger 16 in contact with the contractedportion of the tucking-cloth at the lower portion of the conical sectionof the said funnelplunger, whereupon the lever-arm B is depressed bypressing downward on the knob 25, and the funnel-plunger andtucking-cloth carried therebyare drawn downward, placing the spring 17under tension and causing the tuck to be crlmped, straightened, and madeuniform, thereby greatly improving the appearance of the cigar.

The machine is exceedingly simple, it is durable and effective inoperation, and after the lever-arm B is released from pressure thecrimping or tucking cloth and the funnelplunger are automaticallyrestored to their normal position through the medium of the springs 17and 30.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a cigar-tuck-crimping machine, a base, a hollowtapering plunger adapted to receive a cigar, and a tension-controlledcrimpingcloth extending Within and movable through the said plunger, andmeans for drawing the cloth and plunger downward in the base, as setforth.

2. A device for crimping, straightening and making uniform the tucks ofcigars, comprising a spring-controlled tapering plunger constructed toreceive acigar, anda ribbed crimping material extending within andthrough the said plunger and having movement therewith, as and for thepurpose setforth.

3. In a device for mechanically crimping cigars, a support, a lever-armcarried by the said support, a funnel-shaped plungerlocated above thesaid support and having movement therein, a spring placed under tensionwhen the said plunger is depressed, and a ribbed crimping-clothsurrounding the upper portion 1 of the plungerand having hearing at itssurrounding portion on the said support, the

tion, a spring-controlled lever-arm pivoted to the base below the saidaperture therein, a compressible tubular guide carried by the lever-arm,and an adjusting device passed to an engagement with the said tubularguide, of a spring-controlled funnel-shaped plunger having movement inthe apertured portion of the said base, a spring coiled around the saidplunger and having bearing at its upper end against the plunger and atits lower end on a support upheld by the base, and a crimping or tuckingcloth held to the said base by the said support for the spring, thetucking or crimping cloth surrounding the upper exterior portion of thefunnel-shaped plunger, being passed around and through the said plungerand through the said tubular-guide of the lever-arm, as and for thepurpose set forth.

5. In a machine for use in finishing the ends of cigars, thecombinationwith a suitable support of a tapering memberadapted to receive the cigarend and mounted for longitudinal movement,and a yielding material liningsaid member but free to be moved longitudinally therein, means forholding one end of the material outside of and below the top of saidmaterial, and means for exerting a pull on the opposite end of saidmaterial.

6. In a machine for finishing the ends of cigars, the combination of aspring-supported tapering member adapted to receive the end of a cigar,a yielding material lining said' member and movable longitudinallytherein, and means for exerting a pull on the said material.

'7. In a machine for finishing the ends of cigars, the combination of atapering member adapted to receive the end of a cigar, a yieldingmaterial lining said member and movable longitudinally therein, andmeans for exerting a pull on the said material.

8. In a machine for finishing the ends of cigars, the combination of aspring-supported tapering member adapted to receive the end of a cigar,and a yielding material lining said member and movable longitudinallytherein.

9. The combination with a tapering mem ber adapted to receive the cigarend of a yielding material lining said member and movable longitudinallytherein.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN HAINES.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, EVER-ARD B. MARsHALL.

